Living with Embouchure Dystonia

A blog about a French horn player's journey with Focal Embouchure Dystonia; one of the only existing documentations of rehabilitation through videos and writing spanning over a decade. This blog shares resources, research, and information on FTSED and other music performance related injuries. Katie also advocates awareness, education, does presentations, provides guidance; and brings the musicians dystonia community together thru online groups, streamed interviews and conversation.

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Thank You....

When someone references or sends me a link to my own blog and doesn't know I wrote it......never fails to catch me totally off guard. Thank you. It's equally flattering and embarrassing for me! Haha...oh Lord.
😱😵😳💓

Monday, February 18, 2019

Small Steps Add Up...

Sunday, February 17, 2019

Prevention Revisisted

I've been going back and editing some of my past blog posts. Here's the most recent one I've been working on, "Is Focal Embouchure Dystonia Prevention Possible?"

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Embouchure Dystonia: Beginning Physical Rehabilitation Strategies for Brass Players II

(Part 2)

Apologies for how spaced out I sound at times. I work overnights and made this video in the middle of the day, so I was really exhausted! I might go back and remake it, but I hope the video provides some insight into what I do.

You can find part 1 here: https://focalembouchuredystonia.blogspot.com/2018/12/embouchure-dystonia-beginning-physical.html

I'll add more as I go along. :-) Thanks for watching. - Katie